improver

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English

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Etymology 1

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From improve +‎ -er.

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Noun

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improver (plural improvers)

  1. Something that, or someone who, improves something.
  2. (obsolete) Specifically, a person who improves land or property, a landscaper.
    • 1716, Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Homer’s Battels”, in The Iliad of Homer[3], volume II, London: Bernard Lintot, page 4:
      [] may not one say Homer is in this like a skilful Improver, who places a beautiful Statue in a well-disposed Garden so as to answer several Vistas, and by that Artifice one single Figure seems multiply’d into as many Objects as there are Openings from whence it may be viewed?
    • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: [], volume I, London: [] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, [], →OCLC, page 107:
      He had been visiting a friend in a neighbouring county, and that friend having recently had his grounds laid out by an improver, Mr. Rushworth was returned with his head full of the subject, and very eager to be improving his own place in the same way; []
  3. One who improves his or her performance, one who shows improvement (of individuals or groups).
  4. A substance added to cause improvement (especially to a foodstuff).
  5. (historical) A pad worn by women to make the dress hang properly.
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Etymology 2

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From improv +‎ -er.

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improver (plural improvers)

  1. One who performs improv; an improviser.